Suggested Length: One Day

Career Coaching Skills for Helping Youth

1. Module 1 – Trends in the workplace

• Trends in the employment landscape
• Why career planning skills are more critical than ever for students
• The need for students to take greater responsibility for their own careers
• The impact of social media and Web 2.0 technologies on career planning
• Me, Inc. – creating a “brand” that makes students more employable
• Building a competency portfolio to match employer needs
• How employers are responding to trends and influencing career options
• The rise of certification and credentialing
• The new basics expected by employers
• Workplace learning and performance – a lifelong process

2. Module 2 – Stepping away from the trees to see the employer forest

• Career counseling for youth: what worked before isn’t working today
• Keeping pace with the changing demands of career counseling for youth
• How education professionals can play a more active role
• The role of the educator in the career planning process
• A competency model for today’s career counselors for youth
• Establishing a network of career coaches and mentors to help students
• Establishing stronger links between educators and employers in your community

3. Module 3 – Developing a strategic view for meeting the needs and expectations of employers

• Surveying your school system’s strengths and successes in career development
• Identifying opportunities in the area’s workplace environment to build new competence in career development services
• Creating a strategic vision of what the school system can do in career development
• Developing options and actions for the school system
• Determining key criteria for measuring the school system’s effectiveness in career development